London: James Anderson believe that Englandpositive style of test cricket The third Test at the Oval has changed the way people on the verge of victory over South Africa have looked at the longest format of the game across the world.
With England needing 33 more runs to claim the series 2-1 and 10 second innings wickets remaining, it seemed a formality as they measured the game with both bat and ball to take the game away from the tourists showed aggression.
Anderson has spoken previously about the England team’s joy in playing with freedom and credited coach Brendon McCullum for changing the face of the five-day game.
Anderson told Sky Sports, “It’s been amazing. I can honestly say, Baz (McCullum) has been a breath of fresh air. He’s come in and it all feels positive. There’s always a positive atmosphere in the dressing room. ”
“The kind of message he sends about going out and trying to play and entertain a certain brand of cricket, everyone has bought into it.
“It hasn’t taken off in a few days, but when it’s fantastic and I think it’s not only how the players think about Test cricket, but how the world thinks about Test cricket.”
Anderson says one of those who have benefited is opener Zak Crawley, who has been under the microscope all summer struggling for runs but scored 57 runs off 44 balls on Sunday as England won. Chasing 130 runs, ended the day on 97 runs.
“He’s shown glimpses of it all summer long, but hasn’t been able to get the big score he wants,” Anderson said. But the message that keeps coming from the coach and the captain is to go out there and stay positive. He has done so.’
Should England finish the job as expected, they would have claimed series wins over South Africa and New Zealand this summer, as well as a victory over India in a rescheduled Test.
“It’s been an incredible summer and hopefully we can get on the line tomorrow,” Anderson says.
“We just want to get the job done, 33 runs are still needed on a difficult wicket and you can’t take anything away in this game.”
With England needing 33 more runs to claim the series 2-1 and 10 second innings wickets remaining, it seemed a formality as they measured the game with both bat and ball to take the game away from the tourists showed aggression.
Anderson has spoken previously about the England team’s joy in playing with freedom and credited coach Brendon McCullum for changing the face of the five-day game.
Anderson told Sky Sports, “It’s been amazing. I can honestly say, Baz (McCullum) has been a breath of fresh air. He’s come in and it all feels positive. There’s always a positive atmosphere in the dressing room. ”
“The kind of message he sends about going out and trying to play and entertain a certain brand of cricket, everyone has bought into it.
“It hasn’t taken off in a few days, but when it’s fantastic and I think it’s not only how the players think about Test cricket, but how the world thinks about Test cricket.”
Anderson says one of those who have benefited is opener Zak Crawley, who has been under the microscope all summer struggling for runs but scored 57 runs off 44 balls on Sunday as England won. Chasing 130 runs, ended the day on 97 runs.
“He’s shown glimpses of it all summer long, but hasn’t been able to get the big score he wants,” Anderson said. But the message that keeps coming from the coach and the captain is to go out there and stay positive. He has done so.’
Should England finish the job as expected, they would have claimed series wins over South Africa and New Zealand this summer, as well as a victory over India in a rescheduled Test.
“It’s been an incredible summer and hopefully we can get on the line tomorrow,” Anderson says.
“We just want to get the job done, 33 runs are still needed on a difficult wicket and you can’t take anything away in this game.”